page_title: List of escorteurs of the French Navy
section_title: Coastal Escorteurs – Escorteurs côtiers
hierarchical_section_title: List of escorteurs of the French Navy / French-built ships / Coastal Escorteurs – Escorteurs côtiers
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le patrouilleur français P640 Le Fringant de la classe L'Adroit.
context_page_description: The escorteurs of the French Navy were light naval warships used for convoy protection during and after the Second World War.
  The earliest escorteurs in the French Navy were purchased from the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. After the war, these were supplemented by former German and Italian vessels transferred to French control as war reparations.
  After the war, the term escorteur replaced that of torpilleur and contre-torpilleur traditionally used by the French Navy. However, in the 1970s, the designation of escorteur ceased to be used and was replaced with that of frigate, destroyer, aviso or patroller.
context_section_description: Le Fougueux-class
  Le Fougueux (P641) 1954–1975
  L'Opiniatre (P642) 1954–1975
  L'Agile (P643) 1954–1976
  L'Adroit-class :
  L'Adroit (P644) 1957–1979
  L'Alerte (P645) 1957–1979
  L'Attentif (P646) 1957–1978
  L'Intrépide (P630) 1958–1976
  L'Ardent (P635) 1958–1979
  L'Etourdi (P637) 1958–1976
  L'Enjoué (P647)  1958–
  Le Hardi (P648) 1958–1977
  L'Effronté (P638) 1959–
  Le Frondeur (P639) 1959–1977
  Le Fringant (P640) 1959–1982
caption: Le Fringant
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